Retired Douglas County Sheriff’s Officer Sgt. Ken Fangohr spent three decades in law enforcement. In all that time, he had a lot of things to worry about on the job.

But with the steady career, he spent little time worrying about his résumé.

“It’s all new to me,” Fangohr said Friday at the third annual Community Career Connection event at Pinnacle Career Institute, 1601 W. 23rd St.

Fangohr, looking for the “perfect second career,” joined other job seekers at the event, picking up tips about interviewing, résumés and other job-searching skills.

And lot of the attendees were older workers, such as Fangohr, looking for second careers or starting over after spending decades at one job, said Tracy Bedell, a Johnson County Community College adjunct professor who was helping job searchers with mock interviews.

For those workers, the employment environment is considerably different from years ago, she said.

“The landscape has changed,” Bedell said. For some, re-entering the job market is “kind of scary.”

Despite the tight job market, there are jobs available, said Kate Turner, co-owner of Express Employment Professionals and one of the event organizers. The event featured 33 employers looking to hire, and Turner said job seekers just need to be persistent.

“There’s so many things out there, they just need to be willing to look,” she said.

Nicki Woolfolk, recruiter for Amarr Garage Doors, 3800 Greenway Circle, said her company had a wide variety of openings. She encouraged frustrated job hunters to look at companies they may have never considered before. For instance, people think Amarr only has production jobs, when in fact they’re looking for people in their accounting and customer service departments, she said.

“Expand your horizons,” she said.